Game #3994
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 December 1987
Birmingham City
1-2
Aston Villa
Division Two
Birmingham City
St Andrew's
Attendance: 25,759
Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 13' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 December 1987
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Kevin Gage
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Andy Kennedy
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-1, Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in seventeen Division Two games, winning eleven.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 12 December 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 28 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.86
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 1 February 1986, Villa 0-0 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Mark Lillis replaces Andy Gray.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.30 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.47 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.26 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Garry Pendrey | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_afaca0bac3d245d884162807ffb22461~mv2.gif)
Birmingham City
GK Tony Godden | 🏴 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴 |
D Brian Roberts | 🏴 |
CB Vince Overson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB John Frain | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M John Trewick | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner (ex) | 🏴 |
M Gary Childs | 🏴 |
W Ian Handysides | 🏴 |
W Steve Wigley | 🏴 |
CF Andy Kennedy | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | LB John Frain | 🏴 | (F Guy Russell | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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RB Kevin Ashley | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_afaca0bac3d245d884162807ffb22461~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_afaca0bac3d245d884162807ffb22461~mv2.gif)
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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